Is this the case?

[Cadet35]

A congressman/woman nominates 10 people in their district. The 10 individuals are ranked and the person ranked 1st receives the appointment from the academy. If the 1st person turns the offer down, the person ranked 2nd receives the appointment.

 

[Hopeful Plebe Mom]

A congressman/woman nominates 10 people in their district. The 10 individuals are ranked and the person ranked 1st receives the appointment from the academy. If the 1st person turns the offer down, the person ranked 2nd receives the appointment.

This is a new process to our family, but I can answer your question! Each MOC can processes their slate (list) to USNA in three different ways:

• Submit their slate (list) of 10 ranked 1-10, indicating the Principal Nomination ( #1 choice of the MOC)
• Submit their slate (list) of 10 ranked, without indicating a Principal Nomination
• Submit their slate (list) of 10 unranked, and USNA chooses their #1

 

[shiner]

Most congressional boards submit a slate of 10 unranked candidates and this is the most flexible option for the Academy Admissions boards to work with. The overall process has built-in loop holes, but it is typically communicated externally in a simplified manner so as not to blow your mind with the statistical probability and various paths to the same outcome. The net-net here is that is the school wants you, they will find you a path to a nomination.

Example: Second semester athletic recruit who missed their nominating application window... Did they receive a Superintendent nomination? Did they receive a nomination from an unused seat from a different state? Against all odds, selection boards, and application deadlines - the school found a way to check the boxes and get them in.

 

[Cadet35]

This is a new process to our family, but I can answer your question! Each MOC can processes their slate (list) to USNA in three different ways:

• Submit their slate (list) of 10 ranked 1-10, indicating the Principal Nomination ( #1 choice of the MOC)
• Submit their slate (list) of 10 ranked, without indicating a Principal Nomination
• Submit their slate (list) of 10 unranked, and USNA chooses their #1

Does this go for all academies? MOC? Also, who chooses between those three options?

 

[shiner]

MOC?

Member of Congress

Does this go for all academies?

Yes - but Coast Guard does not require a Nom, and Merchant Marine allows any MOC from your state to nominate you - not limited to your Congressional District = virtually anyone could put you on their list of 10, including the most remote part of your state that doesnt have 10 people interested.

Also, who chooses between those three options?

The member of Congress decides how they want to submit. If they strongly want one specific candidate, they may opt for the Principal Nom approach, but most supply the list of 10 unranked.

 

[Hopeful Plebe Mom]

A congressman/woman nominates 10 people in their district. The 10 individuals are ranked and the person ranked 1st receives the appointment from the academy. If the 1st person turns the offer down, the person ranked 2nd receives the appointment.

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[Capt MJ]

A congressman/woman nominates 10 people in their district. The 10 individuals are ranked and the person ranked 1st receives the appointment from the academy. If the 1st person turns the offer down, the person ranked 2nd receives the appointment.

Recommend reading the Stickies at the top of this forum.

All offers of appointment will be made to fully qualified individuals, and having a nom is part of that full qualification. Being ranked #1 on a nom slate means nothing if the candidate is not scholastically, medically and physically qualified.

The number of slots an elected official has available will be a major factor in how many appointments may be charged to that official in any given admissions cycle. Ten can be nominated for each slot.

Everyone who gets a nom on that slate, if fully qualified, who does not get an offer of appointment chargeable to that official, is eligible to go into the national pool. They then compete on a national basis and have a chance for an appointment under a nom authority that allows the SA to choose additional members for the class, per established guidelines.

If the elected official uses the principal nomination method, the SA (except USNA, whose governing language is a bit different) is expected to offer to that candidate, if fully qualified.

If the elected official provides a ranked slate, but does not use the principal nominee method, the SA can rank in their own order and offer as they see fit.

If the elected official provides an unranked slate, the SA does the ranking.

Given that these same candidates may have multiple noms from Presidential, other Service-related, ROTC, JROTC, VP, other elected officials, actually which nom source an appointment finally gets charged to isn’t settled until much later in the cycle.

You will never know how the SA ranks a candidate. Admissions does its best to choose the best qualified from the elected officials’ slates and considering the officials’ ranking, and from the national pool, and from all other non sources. It is not a linear process, more of a matrix.

This is my very basic understanding and not official in any way.


Note:
- USCGA is not required to use the Congressional nom system.
- USMMA does not have some categories of noms the DOD SAs do, but they do allow for a nom to come from a Congressional Representative in any district in the state.

 

[Cadet35]

Member of Congress


Yes - but Coast Guard does not require a Nom, and Merchant Marine allows any MOC from your state to nominate you - not limited to your Congressional District = virtually anyone could put you on their list of 10, including the most remote part of your state that doesnt have 10 people interested.


The member of Congress decides how they want to submit. If they strongly want one specific candidate, they may opt for the Principal Nom approach, but most supply the list of 10 unranked.

What usually makes a MOC to take the Principal Nom approach? Is it phenomenal attributes in the interview? SAT score?

 

[Cadet35]

Recommend reading the Stickies at the top of this forum.

All offers of appointment will be made to fully qualified individuals, and having a nom is part of that full qualification. Being ranked #1 on a nom slate means nothing if the candidate is not scholastically, medically and physically qualified.

The number of slots an elected official has available will be a major factor in how many appointments may be charged to that official in any given admissions cycle. Ten can be nominated for each slot.

Everyone who gets a nom on that slate, if fully qualified, who does not get an offer of appointment chargeable to that official, is eligible to go into the national pool. They then compete on a national basis and have a chance for an appointment under a nom authority that allows the SA to choose additional members for the class, per established guidelines.

If the elected official uses the principal nomination method, the SA (except USNA, whose governing language is a bit different) is expected to offer to that candidate, if fully qualified.

If the elected official provides a ranked slate, but does not use the principal nominee method, the SA can rank in their own order and offer as they see fit.

If the elected official provides an unranked slate, USNA does the ranking.

Given that these same candidates may have multiple noms from Presidential, other Service-related, ROTC, JROTC, VP, other elected officials, actually which nom source an appointment finally gets charged to isn’t settled until much later in the cycle.

You will never know how the SA ranks a candidate. Admissions does its best to choose the best qualified from the elected officials’ slates and considering the officials’ ranking, and from the national pool, and from all other non sources. It is not a linear process, more of a matrix.

This is my very basic understanding and not official in any way.

Thanks! Answered all of my questions.